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Are Dairy-Free Diets A Risk To Bone Health?I applaud the Duchess of Cornwall for highlighting the issue of osteoporosis, which can be a debilitating condition. However, to cite dairy-free diets as harmful to bone health is just ignorant and not based on scientific...

Plant Based on a Budget Faith CavalliIt is a common belief that healthy eating, especially a plant-based diet, is more expensive than eating a diet high in junk food. This is definitely not the case, you just need to know what to buy and cook so it keeps costs low. If...

‘Of course I eat a healthy diet, I’m vegan!’Do I need to eat a rainbow? Dr Sue KenneallyWhether in my GP surgery or in social media groups I hear this all the time, and it is true that on average a vegan diet is healthier than a standard Western diet. And lest we...

A look back at 2018 for plant-based health professionals UKPlant-based health professionals UK (PBHP UK) was conceived in October 2017 at London Vegfest in a chance meeting between myself (Shireen Kassam) and Tom Hubbard, a GP based in Ireland. We realised we had a...

The PURE study and dairy consumptionDAIRY INTAKE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Recent headlines suggest that the more dairy products you consume, the lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. So, have dairy products really been exonerated? Do we now ignore the...

​Cancer; ignoring nutrition at our perilIn the UK, cancer is now the commonest cause of death, the top cause of avoidable death and accounts for 42% of cases of premature death. These statistics are in the face of an ever-increasing number of treatments. So where have...

Healthy diet following cancer treatmentI am very grateful for the opportunity to write an article on a subject that is extremely close to my heart. I hope I will be able to convince you that a healthful life is a choice open to all of us if only we allow ourselves the...

Response to ‘meat is crucial to balanced diet, Michael Gove tells farmers’, Fri 27th April 2018I write on behalf of a growing number of health professionals in the UK who advocate a predominantly plant-based diet for optimal health. We are disappointed to read the...

The PURE study; low fat diets increase risk of deathThis was the nutrition news in August 2017. More evidence of the mainstream media trying to confuse the public and reinforce the nations poor food choices. The public love to read stories that support their bad...